Reddit reviews Divided World Divided Class

Remember how the Europeans -and later on Americans- ruined Africa and the third world with colonization and debts? Or how the rich countries exploit the poor ones?


Welcome to the consequences. Welcome to the future.

Definitely check out Michael Parenti's Superpatriotism. Zak Cope's book might be good for this, though I don't know if he deals in depth with America specifically.

I'm in the process of reading Divided World Divided Class by Zak Cope who explores and traces the stratification of white Labor Aristocracy:

https://www.amazon.com/Divided-World-Class-Zak-Cope/dp/1894946413

Zak Cope's recent Divided World Divided Class has been the theoretical milestone in this sector of Marxist political economy.

Here's an excellent review.

You can read Divided World, Divided Class

http://www.amazon.com/Divided-World-Class-Zak-Cope/dp/1894946413

or Settlers, by J Sakai http://anti-imperialism.com/2012/10/05/what-is-net-exploitation/

Or take a charitable look at net exploitation, instead of telling yourself its "non Marxist" http://anti-imperialism.com/2012/10/05/what-is-net-exploitation/

Obviously these aren't written to "respond" to a random redditor's personal summaries, but they are a more serious look at the topics.

> I would argue that the most successful cultures that we have currently are powered by a blend of capitalism and socialism,

OK, you're welcome to have such an opinion.

>and they consistently provide high quality of life, education and freedom to their citizens.

You are right that their citizens enjoy many benefits and privileges. But those benefits and privileges are created at the expense of people elsewhere, specifically what's referred to as the "Global South". That's how imperialism works.

It's not equitable for everybody because capitalism requires inequality to function. The very essence of capitalism, profit, is dependent on inequality between the workers (who are dispossessed) and the capitalists (who possess the means of production). With imperialism, you see this balance shifting more from the intranational scale to the international scale -- there are countries where vast swaths of people are exploited for the benefit of other countries.

Look at countries like Liberia, Zimbabwe, Cote d'Ivoire, Thailand, Bangladesh, Honduras, etc. The exploitation is blindingly obvious, especially when you consider the colonial history of these places.

>Bad mouthing capitalism because corporate controlled US capitalism is doing horrible things currently does not make any sense.

It's not just the USA. It's all capitalism, everywhere.

Check out "Divided World Divided Class" by Zak Cope and Sakai's "Settlers".